In the very early days of the apocalypse, Dommy joined up with a group of suvivors at the Super 8 motel in Calumet. Due to unknown circumstances, Dommy was separated from his wife and daughter, who were still located in the city.

Soon after the arrival of Cole Pruitt, Micah Jones, Hannah, Mick, and Wanda Fleetwood, Dommy asks Cole if he'd be willing to take him back into the city to see his family, since Cole was the last of the suvivors to see the state the city was in before leaving. Cole agrees, and he, Dommy, Billie, Dwight, Hannah, Mercer, and Adam all volunteer head to the city.

On the journey back into Chicago, Dommy is tragically scratched after an ambush of infected. When they get back to the motel, Dommy is in denial about his fate, but soon comes to terms with the fact that he is slowly turning because of the scratch. Dommy goes to Adam and pleads for him to take the risk and try to get back into the city so he can find out what happened to his family before he dies. Adam agrees, and Gord also goes.

Gord, Adam, and Dommy make it to the city without much trouble, besides having to walk most of the way because of the highway crammed with cars and Dommy's decreasing health due to the scratch. When they reach Dommy's house, he finds his wife and daughter bitten and now infected. Gord kills them to save himself and Adam, and Dommy is furious as well as heartbroken. Dommy tells Gord and Adam to leave him to die, but Gord decides to shoot Dommy in the head to prevent him from eventually turning.